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B3U1ABrushwiththeLaw

UnitOneABrushwiththeLaw

TeachingObjectives:

1.GetSstoknowthechiefpurposesoflawaretomaintainpeaceandorder,toprotecttherightsofcitizens,butthelawinthewesterncountrymaybeunjustlyappliedormaybeunjustincertainsituations.

2.Understandthestructure:

comparisonandcontrast（对于犯罪的界定的前后强烈对比）.

3.Masterthekeylanguagepointsandgrammaticalstructuresinthetext.

4.Conductaseriesofspeakingactivitiesbasedonthetext.

5.TeachstudentshowtolookupnewwordsinanEnglish-Englishdictionary.

6.Aboutthewriting,Ssshouldgettoknowthewritingskill—coherence（P.23）.

7.Aboutthelistening,SsfinishUnits1-2directedbyteacher.

Teachingfocus：

1.TheUnderstandingofthearbitrarinessoftheBritishlawandthehierocracyincapitalist

society.

2.Understanding“youthcounterculture”.

TimeAllotment:

（Thisunitwillbefinishedwithin6periods）

1stperiod

2ndperiod

3rdperiod

4thperiod

5thperiod

6thperiod

Intensivereading:

Pre-reading;

While-reading

While-reading

While-reading

Post-reading

Extensivereading

Listeningandspeaking

I.IntensiveReading（4periods）

Pre-readingTasks（40minutes）

1.Backgroundinformation（20minutes）

1）Lawyer,solicitor,barrister

Lawyeristhegeneraltermforanyonewhoseworkitistoadvisehisclientsaboutthelawandrepresentthemincourt

Asolicitorisalawyerwhogivesadvice,appearsinlowercourts,andpreparescasesforabarristertoargueinahighercourt.

Abarristerisalawyerwhohastherightofspeakingandarguinginthehighercourtsoflaw.

2）Middleclass

InBritain,themiddleclassreferstotheclassofpeoplebetweenthenobilityandtheworkingclass.Itincludesprofessionalmen,bankers,ownersofbusiness.IntheUnitedStates,however,themiddleclassreferstotheclassofpeoplebetweentheverywealthyclassandtheclassofunskilledlabourersandunemployedpeople.Itincludesbusinessmen,professionalpeople,officeworkers,andmanyskilledworkers.

3）YouthCounterculture:

（2minutesforreading,5minutesforpair-work）

Intheearly1960s,manyyoungpeopleintheUnitedStatesbecamedisappointedabouttheexistingstateofaffairsintheirsociety.TheyespeciallyhatedtheVietnamWar.Theywantedtohaveachange,butdidn’tknowhow.Theycouldnotfindaconstructivewayofchangingthesocietyintoabetterone.Asaresult,theyturnedtoadestructiveway.Theyrejectedconventionalsocialvaluesanddemandedmorepersonalfreedom.Theywereagroupofyoungpeoplethinkingtheywerestrugglingagainsttheunfairness.Thisgroupofyoungpeopleindulgedthemselvesinsex,drugs,alcoholandrockmusic.Theytookpriceinwearinglonghairandunusualclothes.Theyfeltproudwhendoinganythingunconventional.Thistrenddidn’tcooldownuntilthelateof1970s.Itsoriginalpurposewastostruggleagainstthecapitalistsociety,whileitendedinapassive,negativeattitudetolifeandanabsurdstyleoflife.Weshouldsayitwasatragedyofthecapitalistworld.

Questionsfordiscussion:

（PairWork）

1）Whydid“youthcounterculture”comeintobeing?

2）Whatdidtheyouthsdo?

3）Howdiditdevelop?

2.Warming-upActivities（10minutes）

Studentsworkinpairsorgroupstodiscussthefollowingquestions.

1）Whatdoestheword“law”remindyouof?

2）Whatarethebasicrequirementsoflaw?

3）What’sthefunctionoflaw?

（Sampleanswer:

Tokeeporderinthesociety,toprotectthelegalrightsofcitizens,topunishthosewhocommitcrimes.）

4）Doyouthinklawcanalwaysfulfillitsfunction,andwhy?

5）Onwhatbasisshouldpolicebeabletoarrestsomebody?

6）Isitthecaseinthisstory?

3.TranslatethefollowingquotationsonlawintoChinese.（10minutes）

1）Lawisthecrystallizationofthehabitandthoughtofsociety.

------WoodrowWilson

翻译：

法律是社会习俗和思想的结晶。

2）TheLawistheexpressionofthegeneralwill.Allcitizenshavetherighttotakepart,personally

orthroughtheirrepresentatives,initsmaking.Itmustbethesameforall,whetheritprotectsor

punishes.Allcitizens,beingequalinitseyes,shallbeequallyeligibletoallhighoffices,public

positionsandemployments,accordingtotheirability,andwithoutotherdistinctionthanthatof

theirvirtuesandtalents.

------AdaptedfromDeclarationoftheRightsofManandoftheCitizen

翻译:

法律是普遍意志的表达。

所有公民有权亲自或通过代表参与立法。

无论是保护还是惩罚，法律必须一视同仁。

所有公民在法律面前一律平等，因而同样有权根据各自的能力获得高位、公职与就业，一切视美德与才华而定。

While-readingTasks（80minutes）

1.Globalreading

1）TguidesSstoskimthetexttofindoutthetextstructureandsumupthemainideaofeachpart.（10mins）

PartI（Para.1）Thewholeprocessofthenarrator’sbeingarrestedandtakentocourtwasarbitrary.Itwasaratherunpleasantexperience.

PartII（Paras.2-12）Bytellingwhyhewasarrestedandhowhewasreleased,thenarratorrevealsthatboththepoliceandthecourtdealtwiththematterquitearbitrarily.

PartIII（Paras.13-22）Thenarratorbelievesthatifhehadcomefromadifferentbackground,hewouldhavefoundguilty.

2）Summeryofthetext:

Iwenttothelocallibrarywiththeintentionofseekingemploymentthere.ButwhenIwaswalkingoutofit,Isawamanapproachingme.Heturnedoutbeapoliceofficer.Hesaidthathewasarrestingme.Ithoughtitwasakindofjoke,butwhenanotherpolicemaninuniformappeared,Imeanthemeanttherealbusiness.

Myunpleasantexperiencerevealsthatthelawcanbearbitraryappliedsometimesandeventhelawitselfmaybeunjust.

3）DiscourseAnalysis

Theauthortellsusaboutwhathappenedtohimwhenhewasinvolvedinthelawsuit.Itwasreallyaveryunpleasantexperience,yetitprovidesuswithmuchfoodforthought.Thetextisanarrative,writteninthefirstperson.Apartfromnarration,italsoincludesthenarrator’sinteriormonologueaswellasdialogues,whichmakesthenarrationvividandtruetolife.

2.DetailedReading

Texplainsthetextindetail.

1）brush:

ashortfightorquarrel;anargumentordisagreement

Examples:

—tohaveabrushwiththePolice/theCustommen/theenemy

—Itishisthirdbrushwiththelawinlessthanayear.

2）takesb.tocourt:

takelegalactionagainstsb.

Examples:

—ItoldhimthatIwouldtakehimtocourtifhedidnotrepaythemoneyinaweek.

—Ifyougoonill-treatingyourwifelikethis,youwillbetakentocourt.

3）.…itmakesagoodstorynow:

…itprovidesmaterialforagoodstorynow.

Heretheverb“tomake”means“tohavethequalitiesneededfor（sth.good）”.

Examples:

—Icedteamakesanexcellentdrinkinsummer.

—Thewallca1endarmakesaniceNewYeargift.

4）“Whatmakesitratherdisturbingwasthearbitrarycircumstancesbothofmyarrestandmysubsequentfateincourt.”

TheauthorwasarrestedsimplybecausethePolicementhoughtheintendedtostealmilkbottlesandlaterincourthewasreleasedfmthechargejustbecausehehadthe“right”ac—cent,respectablemiddle—classparents,reliablewitnessesandsoon.Thatistosay,hewasarrestedarbitrarilyandreleasedarbitrarily.Anditisthisarbitrarinessofbothhisarrestandhisreleasethattheauthorthinksratherdisturbing.

arbitrary:

basedonone'sownwishesorwillratherthanreason.

Examples:

—Ifaleadermakesdecisionswithoutconductinginvestigations,heisbeingarbitrary.

—Thearbitrarydecisionsofthefactoryownerscauseddissatisfactionamongtheworkers.

circumstances:

conditions,facts,etc.connectedwithaneventoraperson

Examples:

—Wecannotexpecthimtocontinuetheseactivitiesundersuchunfavorablecircumstances

—Becauseofcircumstancesbeyondourcontro1themeetingwascancelled.

subsequent:

comingafter,following

Examples:

—Subsequenteventsprovedthatmyjudgmentofthesituationwasright.

—Thestorywillbecontinuedinsubsequentissuesofthemagazine.

5）acoupleof:

asmallnumberof;afew,usuallytwo

Examples:

—I’vegotacoupleoftickets.Willyougowithme?

—Tomisquitebusynow.Hiswifeisexpectingababyinacoupleofweeks.

6）..…andwasnotduetogotouniversityuntilthefollowingOctober.

due:

l）expectedorscheduledtoarriveorbeready;supposed（to）

Examples:

—ThetrainfromBeijingisdueatl:

30.

—ThenexttraintoNamingisduetoleaveatten.

—TheyoungmanisduetoappearintheMagistrates'CourtnextMonday.

2）tobepaidorreturned

Examples:

—Whenistherentdue?

—ThehooksareduetodaybutIwanttorenewsomeofthem.

7）temporary:

lastingforashorttimeonly.（Itsoppositeis“permanent”—lastingforalongtimeorforever.）

Examples:

—Timhasfoundatemporaryjobforthesummerinahardwarestore.

—Thisisnotmypermanentaddress;itisonlyatemporaryone.

8）saveup:

keepforfutureuse

Examples:

—Ittookhimayeartosaveupenoughmoneyforacomputer.

—Theyarenowsavinguptobuyahouseinthesuburbs.

9）takeone’stime:

nottohurry;dosth.inanunhurriedway

Examples:

—Justtakeyourtimeandtellmeclearlywhathappenedatthemeetingyesterday.

—It’sbettertotakeyourtimeoverapieceofworkanddoitproperlythantohurryandmakemistakes.

10）Itmusthavebeenthisobviousaimlessnessthatledtomydownfall.

I’msuremyarrestwastheresultofmywanderinginthestreetswithoutanydefinitepurpose.

obvious:

easytoseeorunderstand;clear

Examples:

—Itwasobviousthatthepolicemanmistookmeforathief.

—Forobviousreasons,themagistratedismissedthecaseafterfifteenminutes.14.…thistimeinuniform…:

thesecondpolicemanwaswearinguniformwhi1ethefirstwasobviouslyinplainclothes.

11）uniform:

acertaintypeofclothingwhichallmembersofagroupororganizationwearExamples:

—Policeme